... where I ramble on about my love of quilting with my work in progress, share some of my day's doings, and offer some sewing tips along the way... You can find my completed projects on my web page at www.kwiltnkats.com.

Sunday Stash Report, December 11, 2011

Tick tock just two weeks till Christmas...are you ready? I'm still getting there. Today the big tree went up along with a couple of smaller ones and all the seasonal quilts I had wall space to hang them. Two are draped over furniture and one is saved for my office. I'll be baking today...the house is going to smell some kind of good by 10am!

Part 2 trimming up with the Bloc Loc ruler

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Part 4 trimming up

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Part 4 cut horizontally in half and trimmed

﻿I've been moving right along on Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Orca Bay. I'll be calling my quilt Kordova Klosure; appropriate for a sunset at the harbor Orca Bay touches (both of course normally with "Cs" rather than "Ks"). Part 3 is in the iron and trim stage at the moment. There are 350 of these HSTs to trim up! I'm using my Bloc Loc 2.5" square for this step. If you don't have one of these rulers--get one!. Part 4 is all sewn and in the iron, cut horizontally in half, and trim stage. I've got lots of clean up ahead of me. It sure was nice to finally use the reds. Indeed the blacks and whites will sure make this a spectacular project, but the reds are much more fun to work with (wink)!

Not anything to report used or purchased. Bonnie mentions that we will either have eight or nine total steps for the Mystery so looks like there won't be much to report in the used category for awhile. Well maybe I can squeak something in; sure was hoping to have a net of 150 yards.

Born and raised on the East Coast and settled in 1985 in the paradise called San Diego, California. I've a passion for scrappy, traditional pieced or paper pieced quilting. I enjoy the challenge of using my stash. I have strong thoughts of applique and hand quilting when I don't have to keep my day job. Quilting and sewing have been passed down in my family for at least four generations. I'm lucky to share this passion with my Mom.